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8706232122AbolitionThe legal prohibition and ending of slavery, especially enslavement of Africans in the U.S.0
8706256212AbsolutismThe principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government1
8706278822AdministerTo manage; have executive charge of2
8706291498AdministrationThe management of an office, business, or organization OR the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.3
8706429838Admonish/mentTo caution, advise, or counsel against something OR the urge to a duty; remind4
8706636854Afro-Prefix referring to Afro-Americans or their culture/traditions5
8706680108AgarianRelating to land OR rural agriculture6
8706723887Amer-American7
8706732920Analyze/AnalysisTo break down to determine the elements OR examine critically8
8708122509Anarchism/AnarchyA state or society without government or law9
8708130789AncientReferring to along time ago10
8708166140Anti-SemitismPrejudice/Discrimination against Jews11
8708201031AppeasementTo bring a state of peace; to assuage by relenting something12
8708208585ArableCapable of producing crops; land suitable for farming13
8708220675ArchaeologyThe scientific study of historic of prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts14
8708259088ArchaicMarked by characteristics of an earlier period OR pertaining to or designating the style of fine arts15
8708654972ArchitectureCharacter/Style of a building OR the profession of designing buildings16
8708667178-ArchyA suffix meaning "rule" or "government'17
8708696947Argue/ArgumentDebate OR process of reasoning18
8708725740AristocracyClass of people holding exceptional rank and privileges OR a government or state ruled by an aristocracy, elite, or privileged upper class19
8708757813AtheismBelief there is no supreme being(s)20
8708762830AsceticismDoctrine or belief that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like21
8708779080Authoritarian/-ismFavoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom22
8708804675Balance of PowerA distribution and opposition of forces among nations such that no single nation is strong enough to assert its will or dominate all the others23
8708819254Balance of TradeThe difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise24
8708831454BarbarianA person in a savage, primitive state; uncivilized OR non-Greek OR a person living outside the Roman Empire OR a person not living in a christian country/civilization25
8708850062Bordera line that separates a body of land from another26
8708855459BourgeoisieThe class that, in contrast to the proletariat or wage-earning class, is primarily concerned with property values OR the middle class27
8708870516BureaucracyThe body of officials and administrators, especially of a government or government department28

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